Forgotten Recordings [2 CD]

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SOMM RECORDINGS announces the first release of never before available performances by one of the defining partnerships of modern American music in the specially priced two-album set George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra: The Forgotten Recordings. Long considered one of America's "Big Five" orchestras, the Cleveland Orchestra entered it's second century in 2018 and earlier this year was hailed by The New York Times as "America's finest [orchestra] still". The Forgotten Recordings features eight historic performances made for the Book-of-the-Month Club in 1954 and 1955 - seven of which are first releases - that have been restored and remastered by the multi-award-winning audio restoration engineer Lani Spahr, who also provides extensive and informative booklet notes. Three works - Bach's Third Orchestral Suite (BWV 1068), a revealing engagement by Szell with a composer he is not usually associated with, Smetana's The Moldau and Strauss's Till Eulenspiegel (with an early spotlight on legendary horn player Myron Bloom) were recorded in mono in a remarkably productive session on Christmas Eve, 1954. From October 1955 in stereo recordings are two works by Brahms - his Haydn Variations and the Academic Festival Overture, two symphonies - Mozart's No. 39 and Schumann's Fourth - and a Stravinsky Firebird Suite that "crackles with energy". "Here", says Spahr, "we can appreciate that the orchestra was well on it's way to becoming, in Szell's words, 'this glorious instrument... that perfectly reflects my musical ideals'. "

Tracklist:

Orchestral Suite No. 3 In D Major, Bwv 1068: I. Overture
Orchestral Suite No. 3 In D Major, Bwv 1068: II. Air
Orchestral Suite No. 3 In D Major, Bwv 1068: III. Gavottes I & II
Orchestral Suite No. 3 In D Major, Bwv 1068: IV. Bourrée
Orchestral Suite No. 3 In D Major, Bwv 1068: V. Gigue
Má Vlast, Jb 1:112: II. Die Moldau
Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28, Trv 171
Symphony No. 39 In E-Flat Major, K. 543: I. Adagio - Allegro
Symphony No. 39 In E-Flat Major, K. 543: II. Andante Con Moto
Symphony No. 39 In E-Flat Major, K. 543: III. Menuetto
Symphony No. 39 In E-Flat Major, K. 543: IV. Allegro
Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Variations On A Theme By Haydn, Op. 56a: Theme
Variations On A Theme By Haydn, Op. 56a: Var. 1, Poco Più Animato
Variations On A Theme By Haydn, Op. 56a: Var. 2, Più Vivace
Variations On A Theme By Haydn, Op. 56a: Var. 3, Con Moto
Variations On A Theme By Haydn, Op. 56a: Var. 4, Andante Con Moto
Variations On A Theme By Haydn, Op. 56a: Var. 5, Vivace
Variations On A Theme By Haydn, Op. 56a: Var. 6, Vivace
Variations On A Theme By Haydn, Op. 56a: Var. 7, Grazioso
Variations On A Theme By Haydn, Op. 56a: Var. 8, Presto Non Troppo
Variations On A Theme By Haydn, Op. 56a: Finale. Andante
Symphony No. 4 In D Minor, Op. 120 (1851 Version): I. Ziemlich Langsam - Lebhaft
Symphony No. 4 In D Minor, Op. 120 (1851 Version): II. Romanze. Ziemlich Langsam
Symphony No. 4 In D Minor, Op. 120 (1851 Version): III. Scherzo. Lebhaft
Symphony No. 4 In D Minor, Op. 120 (1851 Version): IV. Langsam - Lebhaft
The Firebird Suite (1919 Version): Ia. Introduction
The Firebird Suite (1919 Version): Ib. The Firebird And Its Dance
The Firebird Suite (1919 Version): Ic. Variation Of The Firebird
The Firebird Suite (1919 Version): II. Round Of The Princesses
The Firebird Suite (1919 Version): III. Infernal Dance Of King Kastchei
The Firebird Suite (1919 Version): IV. Lullaby
The Firebird Suite (1919 Version): V. Finale